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RITA




        BOOKS FOR GIRLS
        By Laura E. Richards

        _The_ MARGARET SERIES

        Three Margarets
        Margaret Montfort
        Peggy
        Rita
        Fernley House


        _The_ HILDEGARDE SERIES

        Queen Hildegarde
        Hildegarde's Holiday
        Hildegarde's Home
        Hildegarde's Neighbors
        Hildegarde's Harvest


        DANA ESTES & COMPANY
        Publishers
        Estes Press, Summer St., Boston


[Illustration: "RITA MONTFORT DREW HER DAGGER AND WAITED."]




RITA

BY

LAURA E. RICHARDS

AUTHOR OF

        "PEGGY," "MARGARET MONTFORT," "THREE
        MARGARETS," ETC.

        Illustrated by
        ETHELDRED B. BARRY

[Illustration]

        BOSTON
        DANA ESTES & COMPANY
        PUBLISHERS




        _Copyright, 1900_
        BY DANA ESTES& COMPANY


        Colonial Press
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